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I recently placed an offer on a Florida single family

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I recently placed an offer on a Florida single family home.The house was just reduced from 259,000 to 249,000. I placed an offer of 249,000 and asked the owners to pay closing costs. They refused, after which I agreed to 249,000 and I would pay for closing costs. Off went the paperwork to the owner. They immediately raised the price to 256,000. Is this legal or just unethical?

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Customer reply replied 2 years ago

No, we had sent the papers to the owners after their refusal to our offer of 249,000 and they pay closing. After we agreed to pay all, they responded that the price had gone up (this, after they hadn't been able to sell at 259,000) They have no other offers.

Unfortunately, unless the seller had signed the contract with a potential buyer, the seller can raise the price by any amount and it is not illegal or unethical for the seller to do so.

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